Shoe-ornament mounting



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Patented Sept. 17,1929

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JACOB KATZMAN Ann JOSEPH Krrms, orPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, As-

SIGNORS T FRENCH BEADING & NOVELTY 00., A oonronA'rIoNl or PENNSYLeVANIA SI'IOlEl-ORNAMENT IIEOUNTING Application filed August 17, 1928.Serial 'No. 300,212.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in shoe ornamentmountings, and it relates more particularly to a novel shoe bucklesupport adapted for quick and readily detachable mounting of ornamentalshoe buckles upon ladies shoes, particularly of the slipper style, whenit is desirable to mount an ornamental shoe buckle upon the vamp of theshoe.

The object of our invention is 'to provide a detachable mounting orsupport which may be quickly and securely attached to the vamp of a shoeor slipper, without sewing or without perforating, nicking, or in anyway marring the vamp of the shoe as by prongs or the like projectinginto the vamp.

A further object of our invention is to provide a readily detachableshoe buckle mounting or support which may be clamped onto the vamp of ashoe without the aid of any additional fastening means and to which theshoe buckle in turn may likewise be detachably secured in a quick andeasy manner,and likewise without the aid of any sewing or any permanentfastening means.

A further object of our invention is to provide a shoe buckle support ormounting of the character stated, which may be simultaneously firmly andsecurely clamped to the vamp of the shoe and to which the shoe buckle islikewise firmly though detachably secured by a single manual operation,and whereby the detachment of the shoe buckle fromthe shoe bucklesupport or mounting of our novel construction automatically releasessaid shoe buckle support from the vamp of the shoe, thereby greatlyfacilitating' the removal of both shoe buckle and support from the shoeor slipper.

With the above objects in view, our invention consists of a certainnovel combination of a shoe buckle mounting comprising a lower,generally horizontal base adapted to fit beneath the edge of the vamp ofthe slipper, a generally upright member carried thereby for supportingthe shoe buckle and having a pair of generally upright channels for thereception of a securing and clamping slide, and a spring clamp membercarried by said upright member and extending from the upper extremitythereof to the lower base portion and beingoperatively juxtaposedthereto, and a securing and clamping slide adapted to be received insaid pair of generally upright channels and adapted to engage the bar ofthe shoe buckle thereby to secure the shoe buckle to the upright sup{port and also simultaneously to depress the spring clamp member so asfirmly to clamp the vamp of the shoe between the same and the lower,generally horizontal base portion.

For the purpose of illustrating our invention we have shown in theacompanying drawings oneform thereof which is at present preferred byus, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, although it is to be under stoodthat the variousinstrumentalities of which our invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as hereinshown and described. Referring to the drawings in which like referencecharacters indicate like parts Figure 1 represents a generallyperspective View of an ornamental shoe buckle (shown in dotted lines),having the conventional,

rear vertical bar, (shown in solid lines), whereby the shoe buckle maybe aflixed or mounted upon a shoe.

Figure 2 representsa perspective View of the securing and clampingslide.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of our novel shoe buckle supportwith the securing and clamping slide removed therefrom. i

Figure 4 represents a vertical median section on line 4-4 of Figures 2and 3, of a shoe buckle support embodying ourinvention, shown inoperative relation to the vamp of a shoe or slipper with the [clampstill Open. a it Figure 5 represents a similar vertical median sectionwith the clamp closed and firmly secured to the vamp of the slipper.

Figure 6 representsa perspective view illustrating the manner, in whichthe shoe buckle is supported upon a slipper by the buckle support ormounting embodying our invention.

In carrying out our invention we preferably form the two separable andcoacting parts of the shoe buckle mounting of a suitable sheet metal,preferably of a resilient or spring-like metal. The main or body portionof our novel shoe buckle mounting (shown detached in Figure 3) ispreferably formed of a single integral and continuous piece of resilientsheet metal and comprises the generally upright supporting member 7having its two opposed upright edges turned outwardly and back uponitself, thereby to form a pair of opposed, generally upright andslightly convergent channels 8; The lowermost portion 9 of thesupporting member 7 below the lower ends of the channels 8 is bentrearwardly slightly, as indicated particularly in Figures 3, 1 and 5,and then continues forwardly in a laterally extended-base member 10. Theangular relations of the base 10, the generally upright supportingmember 7 and the intermediate or connecting portion 9 are such as tobring the base 10 in alignment with the normal lay of the vamp of theslipper and to position the upright supporting member 7 to a slightlyrearwardly inclined angle at which it is desired to mount the shoebuckle 11.

The base 10 is adapted to be positioned immediately beneath the edge 12of the vamp 13 of a slipper, indicated in Figures5 and 6, and serves asthe lower stationary jaw of the clamp by which the novel shoe buckleniount= ing is secured to the vamp of a slipper.

The sheet metal of which the buckle support for mounting is formed, issomewhat narrowed and bent back upon itself at the upper horizontal edge14 of the upright supporting member 7 as indicated in Figures 8, d and5; the narrowed and downwardly extending portion 15 forming a resilientspring clamping arm being normally positioned at a slight angle and inspaced relation to the upright supporting member 7 and being capable ofa deflection towards said upright supporting member 7 in the directionof the arrow 16.

The lower end of the spring clamp arm 15 is widened and bent rearwardlyat an acute angle with respect to the spring clamp arm 15 so as to forma movable and resiliently supported clamping jaw 17 upon the lowerextremity of said spring clamp arm 15 and in spaced and operativerelation to the lower stationary clamping jaw 10 and extending generallyparallel thereto, as indicated particularly in Figures 3, 4 and 5.

The securing and clamping slide 18 is like wise formed of sheet metalhaving slightly downwardly convergent edges 19 corresp onding generallyto the convergence of the channels 8 and being adapted to slide intosaid channels so as to lie generally flush against the spring clamp arm15, as indicated in Figures 4 and 5.

A shallow outwardly projecting channel 20 is provided in the center ofthe slide plate 18 for the reception of the bar 21 of the shoe buckle;said shallow channel 20 being of a depth slightly less than thethickness of the bar 21, so that the latter may be firmly held betweensaid slide plate 18 and the spring clamping arm 15, when said slideplate and spring clamping arm are assembled in operative relation toeach other. The bar 21 is secured to the shoe buckle in spaced relationthereto by the offset terminal members 22 which may be riveted orotherwise permanently secured to the rear of the buckle 11.

In attaching or mounting a conventional shoe buckle 11 upon a slipper 23by means of our novel shoe buckle support or mounting, the main member,shown in Figure 3, is placed upon the vamp 13 of the slipper, with theedge 12 of the vamp disposed between the lower stationary jaw 10 and theupper movable and resiliently supported jaw 17, respectively, while thesame are in the open or unclamped position shown in Figures 8 and a. Theshoe buckle 11 and the securing and clamping slide 18 are then assembledwith respect to the upright supporting member 7, in a manner indicatedin Figures a, 5 and 6, with the bar 21 of the shoe buckle seated in thechannel 20 of the slide 18, and with the slide 18 in turn positionedwithin the channels 8. The slide 18 is then forced downwardly withrespect to the channels 8 and also with respect to the spring clampingarmv 15. As the slide 18 is forced down in the channels 8 it rides overand upon the bar 21 and the spring clamping arm 15 and graduallydepresses the latter in the direction of the arrow '16, by pressuretransmitted through said bar 21, thereby closing the jaws 10 and 17 ofthe clamp below and above the vamp of the shoe, respectively, andthereby firmly clamping the novel shoe buckle support of our inventiononto the vamp of the slipper. V

The edge of the vamp of a slipper is generally finished of? with anarrow tape 2% sewed onto the vamp, giving slightly thickened edgeportion.

The novel clamp construct-ion embodying our invention is especially welladapted for firmly securing the shoe buckle support to the vamp havingthis slightly thickened edge or taping.

As the slide 18 is forced downwardly in the channels 8 it not only ridesover and onto the spring clamping arm 15, but it also firmly engages thebar 21 ot the buckle, clamping the latter frictionally between theshallow channel portion 20 of the slide 18 and the spring clamping arm15 and thereby also firmly and securely attaching the shoe buckle 11 tothe support, as indicated in Figures 5 and 6.

Our novel shoe buckle support or mounting possesses the advantage overdevices made heretofore for this purpose, in that it is .capable ofquick and ready attachment and detachment to and from the vamp of a shoewithout in any way marring or injuring the vamp of the shoe or slipper,and without leaving any possible markings thereon whatsoever.

Our novel shoe buckle support or mounting possesses the furtheradvantage, in that the same means by which the support is detachablyclamped to the vamp of the shoe, the buckle is likewise detachablyaffixed to the support.

The novel device of our invention is adapted, moreover, to buckles ofany size, shape or form having the usual conventional bar, andregardless of the length of the bar (within practical limits).

We are aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific formswithout departing from the spirit or essential. attributes thereof, andwe therefore desire he present embodiment to be considered in allrespects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to theappended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate thescope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoe buckle support comprising a generally upright body portionhaving a lower stationary clamping jaw extending generally transverselythereto, a movable clamping jaw carried by said generally upright bodyportion in juxtaposition to said stationary clamping jaw, and means forsimultaneously securing the bar of a conventional shoe buckle to saidgenerally upright body portion and for actuating said movable clampingjaw in operative relation to said stationary clamping jaw, therebyfirmly to clamp the vamp of a shoe therebetween.

2. A shoe buckle support comprising a gen erally upright body portionhaving a lower stationary clamping jaw at its lower end, having a springclamping arm extending downwardly from its upper end and having a pairof opposed, generally upright spaced channels, a movable clamping jawcarried by the lower end of said spring clamping arm in spaced andoperative relation to said stationary clamping jaw, and a securing andclamping slide adapted to be received within said opposed channels andto ride over and upon said spring clamp arm thereby to actuate the same.

3. A device of the character stated, comprising a pair of opposedclamping jaws adapted to grip the edge portion of a shoe vamp or thelike, and means extending and "5'. A device of the character statedcomprising a pair of opposed' clamping jaws; one of *saidijaws beingresiliently mounted with respect to the other, a' slide carried by saiddevice and adapted to engage and se cure an ornament to said device whenin a locking position and thereby also to coact with said jaws, through.said ornament, to urge said jaws into, and retain'the same in a closedor clamping position relative toeach other.

6. In a device of "the class described, a gripping member, meansextending generally transversely thereto for detachably securing anornament to said member-and meansactuated by said ornamentsecuringmeans, for detachably securing said. memher to the vamp of a shoe.

7. In a device of the class described, a grip-' ping member comprising aplate having its ends bent to form downwardly convergent channels,thelower end of said plate forming a clamping jaw, a spring arm formed ontop of said plate and bent to form a complementary jaw, means slidablein said channels for securing an ornament to said plate andsimultaneously gripping the jaws together.

8. In a device of the class described, a plate, an integral extension inthe bottom thereof forminga gripping jaw, a frontal plate integral withthe first mentioned plate and yielding with respect to the latter, saidfrontal plate having an extension at its lower end forming acomplementary jaw, channel members formed on said first mentioned plateextending forwardly of said frontal plate and means slidable in saidchannel members for securing an ornament thereto and simultaneouslygripping the jaws together.

9. In a device of the class described, a plate having its lower end bentangularly and widened to forma gripping jaw, a frontal plate formedintegral with the top of said first mentioned plate and bent to yieldwith respect to the latter, the lower end of said frontal plate having awidened angularly bent extension formed thereon providing acomplementary jaw, and means for detachably securing an ornament to saidplates, said means coacting with said jaws to retain the latter inclosed clamping relationvto each other.

10. In a device of the class described, a plate having its lower endbent angularly and widened to form a gripping jaw, a frontal plateformed integral with the top of said first mentioned plate and bent toyield with respect to the latter, the lower ends of said frontal platehaving a widened angularly bent extension formed thereon providing acomplementary jaw, channel members formed integral with the marginaledges of said first mentioned plate and projecting torwardlypf saidfrontal plate and means slidable in said channel members for securing anornament thereto and simultaneously gripping said jaws together. I

11. A shoe buckle support comprising a body portion, operativelyjuxtaposed clamping jaws, movable with respect to each other, carried bysaid body portion transversely thereto, a separable plate slidablyen-gageable with said body portion adapted to engage the back bar of ashoe buckle, thereby to secure the buckle, and to operate said opposedjaws in clamping relati-onto each other.

- 12. In a device of the character stated, a gripping member, means fordetachably securing an ornament to said gripping mem her and meansactuated by said ornament securing means and through said ornament, forcausing detachable engagement between said gripping member and the vampof a shoe.

13. A device of the character stated, comprising a pair of opposedclamping jaws adapted to grip the edge portion of a shoe vamp or thelike, and means for detachably securing an ornament to saiddevice, saidmeans coacting with said jaws, and through said ornament. to retain thesame in closed or clamping relation to each other.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JACOB KATZMAN. JOSEPH KIPNIS.

